The second in the trilogy of concerts by Michael McHale and friends being recorded by BBC Radio 3 over one weekend.
Belfast pianist Michael McHale presents three special concerts in Portico in association with BBC Radio 3, comprising an opening solo piano concert and a pair of duo recitals with two of the world’s finest wind soloists, clarinettist Michael Collins and oboist Juliana Koch. Each concert will include music from recent acclaimed album releases in what promises to be a feast for music lovers, with beloved favourites alongside lesser-known gems of the classical repertoire.
Juliana Koch is Principal Oboe of the London Symphony Orchestra, and since the ARD International Music Competition 2017 in demand as a soloist all over Europe. She was appointed Professor of Oboe at the Royal College of Music, London, in 2018.
Juliana has studied with François Leleux in Munich and Fabian Menzel in Frankfurt. Additionally she has worked with Jacques Tys in Paris. In her time in Munich, she also studied Baroque Oboe with Saskia Fikentscher.
Michael McHale has established himself as one of Ireland’s leading pianists and has developed a busy international career as a solo recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musician.
He has performed and recorded as a soloist with the Minnesota and Hallé Orchestras, the Moscow, Bournemouth, Jacksonville, Fort Smith, BBC and London Symphony Orchestras, City of London Sinfonia, London Mozart Players and all five of the major Irish orchestras.
In 2017 Michael was invited to become a Patron of the Ulster Youth Orchestra, and in 2018 he was appointed lecturer in piano at the MTU Cork School of Music in Ireland in addition to which he regularly gives masterclasses and adjudicates competitions in the USA, Ireland and the UK. In 2023 he was appointed an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.
Supported by Lottery Project Funding from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland
- Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Steel Dickson Avenue, Portaferry BT22 1LE
- Saturday 01 February 2025
- 13:00 – 14:00
- Cost: £17.00 + booking fee; £5 + booking fee
More information and booking: https://www.porticoards.com/whats-on/bbc-radio-3-piano-and-oboe-recital-michael-mchale-and-juliana-koch
